Letter From the Editor, March 2013

How old do you think you look? No doubt it's not what your driver's license indicates. Most of us sincerely believe we look younger than we are—and younger than other women our age, according to Allure's first survey on aging. The fact that this is statistically impossible is both amusing and, perhaps, beside the point. As critical as many of us are when we look in the mirror or, worse, at ourselves on Skype (please don't make me!), we have a pretty healthy self-image when we compare ourselves to our peers. My feeling about all this? Enjoy the delusion; embrace the denial.